United States Army soldiers stand in front of a tactical satellite communication terminal (TACSAT) transmitter that will be used to relay information about the Albanian and Serbian protest near the town of Domerovce, Kosovo. The soldiers are members of the 108th Military Police Company (MP), 503rd MP Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. After two Serbian men disappeared, Serbians believed Albanians abducted the men and began to make threats and road obstructions to stop Albanians from traveling safely through town. The Albanians began to form a mob to confront the Serbians until US and Russian Kosovo Force (KFOR) troops made a wall between the opposing sides. Task Force Falcon, ...
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[Complete] Scene Caption: United States Army soldiers stand in front of a tactical satellite communication terminal (TACSAT) transmitter that will be used to relay information about the Albanian and Serbian protest near the town of Domerovce, Kosovo. The soldiers are members of the 108th Military Police Company (MP), 503rd MP Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. After two Serbian men disappeared, Serbians believed Albanians abducted the men and began to make threats and road obstructions to stop Albanians from traveling safely through town. The Albanians began to form a mob to confront the Serbians until US and Russian Kosovo Force (KFOR) troops made a wall between the opposing sides. Task Force Falcon, Operation Joint Guardian, 14 August 2000.
Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUADIAN
Base: Domorovce
State: Kosovo
Country: Yugoslavia (YUG)
Scene Camera Operator: SPC Eric Hughes
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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